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Marilyn Monroe
Portrait of Marilyn Monroe done in Warhol's characteristic pop-art style, using silkscreen technique. The painting explores the pop culture icon and fame, transforming the media image of the star into a repeatedly duplicated artistic form.
Portrait of the Creator
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Artist
Andy Warhol
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Date of birth and death
August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987
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Natinality
American
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Style
Pop art, contemporary art
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Significant works
Campbell’s Soup Cans (1962), Marilyn Diptych (1962), Chelsea Girls (1966 film), Exploding Plastic Inevitable (1966), Blue Movie (1969)
Information about the work
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Year:
1968
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Execution technique:
silkscreen on paper
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Theme:
portrait, pop culture, fame, icon, celebrity
Internal Narrative and Creative Framework
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Inner Narrative
The work comments on the repetitiveness and media reproduction of famous people's images, raising questions about identity, cultural consumption, and mechanisms of fame production. Warhol shows the duality between the public and private face of Marilyn Monroe.
The key to interpreting the work
Pay attention to the repetition of the image, bright colors, and simplified forms typically representing pop-art aesthetics. Analyze the work as a critique of mass culture and media.See other works by this artist
